Amos 8:5

New King James Version

Saying: “When will the New Moon be past, That we may sell grain? And the Sabbath, That we may trade wheat? Making the ephah small and the shekel large, Falsifying the scales by deceit,

Cross References

2 Kings 4:23

So he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath.” And she said, “It is well.”

Exodus 31:13

“Speak also to the children of Israel, saying: ‘Surely My Sabbaths you shall keep, for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations, that you may know that I am the Lord who sanctifies you.

Proverbs 11:1

Dishonest scales are an abomination to the Lord, But a just weight is His delight.

Proverbs 16:11

Honest weights and scales are the Lord’s; All the weights in the bag are His work.

Proverbs 20:23

Diverse weights are an abomination to the Lord, And dishonest scales are not good.

Isaiah 1:13

Bring no more futile sacrifices; Incense is an abomination to Me. The New Moons, the Sabbaths, and the calling of assemblies— I cannot endure iniquity and the sacred meeting.

Isaiah 58:13

“If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, From doing your pleasure on My holy day, And call the Sabbath a delight, The holy day of the Lord honorable, And shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, Nor finding your own pleasure, Nor speaking your own words,

Hosea 12:7

“A cunning Canaanite! Deceitful scales are in his hand; He loves to oppress.

Hosea 12:8

And Ephraim said, ‘Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself; In all my labors They shall find in me no iniquity that is sin.’

Leviticus 19:36

You shall have honest scales, honest weights, an honest ephah, and an honest hin: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

Zechariah 5:6

So I asked, “What is it?” And he said, “It is a basket that is going forth.” He also said, “This is their resemblance throughout the earth:

Zechariah 5:8

then he said, “This is Wickedness!” And he thrust her down into the basket, and threw the lead cover over its mouth.

Malachi 1:13

You also say, ‘Oh, what a weariness!’ And you sneer at it,” Says the Lord of hosts. “And you bring the stolen, the lame, and the sick; Thus you bring an offering! Should I accept this from your hand?” Says the Lord.

Numbers 10:10

Also in the day of your gladness, in your appointed feasts, and at the beginning of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be a memorial for you before your God: I am the Lord your God.”

Colossians 2:16

So let no one judge you in food or in drink, or regarding a festival or a new moon or sabbaths,

1 Samuel 20:5

And David said to Jonathan, “Indeed tomorrow is the New Moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king to eat. But let me go, that I may hide in the field until the third day at evening.